Brazilian political parties

Brazil is a multiparty republic that currently has 35 political parties in activity, with 21 advocates left-wing, center-left or far-left positions, 8 advocates centrist or moderate positions and 6 advocates center-right or right-wing positions. Brazil already possessed two far-right parties, both with neo-conservative positions, they being the National Renewal Alliance (now Progressive Party) and the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (now the Republic Party).

The major political parties in Brazil are the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, the far-left Worker's Party, the center-left Brazilian Social Democratic Party and the right-wing Progressive Party.

## List of currently brazilian political parties[edit]

Name  |  Initials  |  Number[1] |  Earlier names  |  Political spectrum  |  Ideology

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|  Democrats | DEM  | 25 | Liberal Front Party |  Centre-right to Right-wing |  Liberal conservatism, liberal democracy
|  Brazilian Communist Party | PCB  | 21 |  |  Far-left |  Communism
|  Communist Party of Brazil | PCdoB  | 65 | Brazilian Communist Party |  Far-left |  Communism
|  Worker's Cause Party | PCO  | 29 |  |  Left-wing to far-left |  Socialism and Communism
|  Democratic Labor Party | PDT  | 12 |  |  Centre-left |  Social democracy, liberalism and labour
|  National Ecologic Party | PEN  | 51 |  |  Centre to centre-right |  Environmentalism and green conservatism
|  Humanist Party of Solidarity | PHS  | 31 | Party of National Solidarity  |  Centre to centre-left |  Christian democracy, liberalism
|  Brazilian Democratic Movement Party | PMDB  | 15 | Brazilian Democratic Movement  |  Center |  Moderate
|  Party of Brazilian Women | PMB  | 35 |  |  Centre-left |  Feminism
|  Party of National Mobilization | PMN  | 33 | Democratic Mobilization  |  Centre-left |  Social democracy
|  New Party | NOVO  | 30 |  |  Centre-right |  Libertarianism and classical liberalism
|  Progressive Party | PP  | 11 | National Renewal Alliance, Social Democratic Party, Reformer Progressive Party, Brazilian Progressive Party  |  Right-wing |  Conservatism
|  Free Homeland Party | PPL  | 54 |  |  Left-wing |  Socialism
|  Popular Socialist Party | PPS  | 23 | Brazilian Communist Party |  Centre-left to left-wing |  Social democracy and socialism
|  Party of the Republic | PR  | 22 |  Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order, Liberal Party  |  Centre |  Moderate, republicanism, protectionism
|  Brazilian Republican Party | PRB  | 10 |  |  Centre to centre-right |  Moderate, christian democracy and social conservatism
|  Republican Party of the Social Order | PROS  | 90 |  |  Centre-left |  Social democracy and republicanism
|  Progressive Republican Party | PRP  | 44 |  |  Centre (with centre-left and centre-right factions)  |  Republicanism, progressivism
|  Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | PRTB  | 28 | Brazilian Renewal Labour Party  |  Centre to centre-right |  Conservatism, Labour
|  Brazilian Socialist Party | PSB  | 40 |  |  Left-wing |  Socialism
|  Social Christian Party | PSC  | 20 |  |  Right-wing (former moderate)  |  Conservatism and liberal conservatism (former social conservatism and protectionism)
|  Social Democratic Party | PSD  | 55 | Democrats  |  Centre to centre-right |  Fiscal conservatism and welfare
|  Brazilian Social Democracy Party | PSDB  | 45 |  |  Centre-left |  Social democracy and liberalism
|  Christian Social Democratic Party | PSDC  | 27 | Christian Democratic Party  |  Centre to centre-right |  Christian democracy and social conservatism
|  Social Liberal Party | PSL  | 17 |  |  Centre-right (former centre-left)  |  Libertarianism and classical liberalism (former liberalism)
|  Socialism and Freedom Party | PSOL  | 50 |  |  Far-left |  Communism and liberalism
|  United Socialist Worker's Party | PSTU  | 16 | Revolutionary Worker's Party  |  Far-left |  Communism, socialism and trotskyism
|  Worker's Party (Brazil) | PT  | 13 | United Steelworkers  |  Left-wing to far-left |  Communism, socialism and lulism
|  Brazilian Labor Party | PTB  | 14 |  |  Centre-left |  Labour
|  Christian Labour Party | PTC  | 36 | Youth Party and Party of National Reconstruction  |  Centre (with centre-left and centre-right factions)  |  Christian democracy, labour and fiscal conservatism
|  Labour Party of Brazil | PTdoB  | 70 | Brazilian Labour Party  |  Centre-left |  Labour
|  National Labor Party | PTN  | 19 |  |  Centre |  Moderate, liberalism and labour
|  Green Party | PV  | 43 |  |  Centre-left |  Environmentalism and liberalism
|  Sustainability network | REDE  | 18 |  |  Centre-left |  Social democracy, environmentalism and liberalism
|  Solidarity | SD  | 77 |  |  Centre-left |  Labour

## References[edit]

1. ↑ In Brazil, it uses the electronic voting system, rather than the American printed vote. The voting is done through a voting machine, where it's entered and confirmed the candidate's number, 2 digits for mayor, governor and president, three for senator, four for federal deputy and five for alderman and state representative. The party officially has a two-digit number, which will 10-99.

## See also[edit]

* Brazil

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Brazilian political parties

Right-wing|

Progressive • Social Christian • Democrats/Liberal Front • National Renewal Alliance • Reconstruction of the National Order • National Democratic Union • New • Social Liberal

Center|

Republican • Democratic Movement • National Labour • Republic • Christian Social Democratic • Labour Renewal • Humanist • Christian Labour • Progressive Republican • National Ecologic • Social Democratic • Labour • Solidarity • Social Order Republican

Left-wing|

Democratic Labour • Worker's • Brazilian Labor • United Socialist Worker's • Sustainability Network • Communist • Popular Socialist • Worker's Cause • National Mobilization • Brazilian Women • Socialist • Green • Brazilian Social Democracy • Socialism and Freedom • Free Homeland • Communist